Many of us like to follow exciting clinical discoveries in the news. We also wonder what these discoveries actually mean to us.

This website’s mission is to promote free, accessible, and useful knowledge to anyone interested in learning about and understanding clinical research studies.

Understand Medical Research provides the following free resources:

• How-to Guide for Beginners
  • In 5 steps, this concise guide will walk you through all the ins and outs of a clinical research study
  • No background in medicine or research is necessary
  • The goal of this guide is for anyone to be able to pick up any clinical research article and understand what it is saying and how it impacts them
• Practice
  • Real clinical research articles are featured on this website with accompanying questions and explanations for practice

About

Hello!

I am an Internal Medicine resident physician at Yale. Over the years, many of my patients, friends, and family members have asked me specific questions about clinical research studies, which increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. So, I created this website to cover the most common topics in clinical research. I would like to give special thanks to all my mentors and teachers who taught me how to analyze research studies.

If you have any feedback or questions, please send me a message. If you find this website useful, please share it with others.

Wishing you all the best!

Sincerely,

Jim Ho, MD

Founder, Understand Medical Research

understandmedicalresearch.org

Disclaimer: This site is for informational purposes only, not for professional medical advice. In the event of a medical emergency, please seek immediate medical assistance.